Johnnie Ray
Ray nel 1969
Nazionalità	Stati Uniti
Genere	Pop
Periodo di attività musicale	1951 – 1989
Strumento	voce, piano
Etichetta	Okeh Records, Columbia Records
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John Alvin Ray, detto Johnnie (Hopewell, 10 gennaio 1927 – Los Angeles, 24 febbraio 1990), è stato un cantante e pianista statunitense.

Nato in Oregon, ha ottenuto successo nel 1951 con i brani Cry e The Little White Cloud That Cried. In particolare Cry, cantata con il gruppo di coristi Four Lads, è rimasta al vertice della classifica per undici settimane.^[1] Ray da adolescente rimase parzialmente sordo.^[1]

Ha spesso duettato nella prima metà degli anni '50 con Doris Day. Tra le altre sue interpretazioni più conosciute vi sono Walkin' My Baby Back Home, Please Mr. Sun, Here Am I-Broken Hearted, Somebody Stole My Gal, Just Walkin' in the Rain e Yes Tonight Josephine, tutte pubblicate negli anni '50.

Appare nel film Follie dell'anno (1954). Inoltre ha preso parte a diverse produzioni televisive tra cui The Ed Sullivan Show e The Jackie Gleason Show.

La band inglese Dexy's Midnight Runners in ricordo l'ha menzionato nel video Come On Eileen del 1982, brano prodotto dalla Mercury e cantato da Kevin Rowland.

Johnnie Ray è inserito nella Hollywood Walk of Fame.

• 1952 – Johnnie Ray (Columbia Records, CL 6199)
• 1954 – At the London Palladium (Philips Records, BBR 8001) Live, pubblicato in UK
• 1955 – I Cry for You (Columbia Records, CL 2510)
• 1956 – Johnnie Ray (Epic Records, LN 1120)
• 1957 – The Big Beat (Columbia Records, CL 961)
• 1958 – Johnnie Ray in Las Vegas (Columbia Records, CL 1093) Live
• 1958 – 'Til Morning (Columbia Records, CL 1225)
• 1958 – Johnnie Ray's Greatest Hits (Columbia Records, CL 1227) ripubblicato nel 1971 con il titolo di The Best of Johnnie Ray (Harmony Records, H 30609)
• 1959 – On the Trail (Columbia Records, CL 1385/CS 8180)
• 1959 – A Sinner Am I (Philips Records, BBL 7348) pubblicato in UK
• 1962 – Johnnie Ray (Liberty Records, LRP-3221/LST-7221) ripubblicato nel 1966 con il titolo di Mr. Cry (Sunset Records, SUS-5125)

• 1951 – Whiskey and Gin / Tell the Lady I Said Goodbye (Okeh Records, 6809) a nome Johnnie Ray with Maurice King and His Wolverines
• 1951 – The Little White Cloud That Cried / Cry (Okeh Records, 6840) a nome Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads with Orchestral Acc.
• 1952 – Please Mr. Sun / Here Am I - Broken Hearted (Columbia Records, 39636)
• 1952 – Because of You / Cry (Columbia Records, 39659) Because of You di Tony Bennett
• 1952 – What's the Use? / Mountains in Moonlight (Columbia Records, 39698)
• 1952 – Coffee and Cigarettes / Don't Blame Me (Columbia Records, 39700)
• 1952 – Walking My Baby Back Home / Out in the Cold Again (Columbia Records, 39701)
• 1952 – Don't Take Your Love from Me / The Lady Drinks Champagne (Columbia Records, 39702)
• 1952 – All of Me / Give Me Time (Columbia Records, 39703)
• 1952 – What's the Use? / A Guy Is a Guy (Columbia Records, 39729) A Guy Is a Guy di Doris Day
• 1952 – Walkin' My Baby Back Home / Give Me Time (Columbia Records, 39750)
• 1952 – All of Me / A Sinner Am I (Columbia Records, 39788)
• 1952 – Gee But I'm Lonesome / Don't Say Love Has Ended (Columbia Records, 39814)
• 1952 – Love Me (Baby Can't You Love Me) / Faith Can Move Mountains (Columbia Records, 39837)
• 1952 – The Thing I Might Have Been / The Commandments of Love (Columbia Records, 39897)
• 1952 – A Touch of God's Hand / I'm Gonna Walk and Talk with the Lord (Columbia Records, 39908)
• 1953 – Mr. Midnight / Oh, What a Sad, Sad Day (Columbia Records, 39939) a nome Johnnie Ray with Paul Weston & His Orchestra/Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads & The Buddy Cole Quartet
• 1953 – Somebody Stole My Gal / Glad Rag Doll (Columbia Records, 39961)
• 1953 – Satisfied / With These Hands (Columbia Records, 40006) a nome Johnnie Ray with The Buddy Cole Quartet
• 1953 – All I Do Is Dream of You / Tell the Lady I Said Goodbye (Columbia Records, 40046)
• 1953 – Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone / An Orchid for the Lady (Columbia Records, 40090)
• 1954 – Why Should I Be Sorry? / You'd Be Surprised (Columbia Records, 40154)
• 1954 – Such a Night / Destiny (Columbia Records, 40220)
• 1954 – Hernando's Hideaway / Hey There (Columbia Records, 40224)
• 1954 – Going-Going-Gone / To Ev'ry Girl-To Ev'ry Boy (Columbia Records, 40252)
• 1954 – Papa Loves Mambo / The Only Girl I'll Ever Love (Columbia Records, 40324)
• 1954 – If You Believe / Alexander's Ragtime Band (Columbia Records, 40391) a nome Johnnie Ray with Percy Faith & His Orch.
• 1954 – As Time Goes By / Nobody's Sweetheart (Columbia Records, 40392)
• 1955 – Parade of Broken Hearts / Paths of Paradise (Columbia Records, 40435)
• 1955 – Flip, Flop and Fly / Thine Eyes Are As the Eyes of a Dove (Columbia Records, 40471) a nome Johnnie Ray with Les Elgart and His Orchestra
• 1955 – Song of the Dreamer / I've Got So Many Million Miles (Columbia Records, 40528)
• 1955 – Johnnie's Comin' Home / Love, Love, Love (Columbia Records, 40578)
• 1955 – Who's Sorry Now / A Heart Corners in Handy (Columbia Records, 40613) a nome Johnnie Ray with Paul Weston and His Orchestra and The Mellomen
• 1956 – Ain't Misbehavin' / Walk Along with Kings (Columbia Records, 40649)
• 1956 – Because I Love You / Goodbye, Au Revoir, Adios (Columbia Records, 40695)
• 1956 – Just Walking in the Rain / In the Candlelight (Columbia Records, 40729)
• 1956 – You Don't Owe Me a Thing / Look Homeward Angel (Columbia Records, 40803)
• 1957 – Yes Tonight, Josephine / No Wedding Today (Columbia Records, 40893)
• 1957 – Build Your Love (On a Strong Foundation) / Street of Memories (Columbia Records, 40942)
• 1957 – Pink Sweater Angel / Texas Tambourine (Columbia Records, 41002)
• 1957 – Miss Me Just a Little / Soliloquy of a Fool (Columbia Records, 41069)
• 1958 – Plant a Little Seed / Strollin' Girl (Columbia Records, 41124)
• 1958 – Endlessly / Lonely for a Letter (Columbia Records, 41162)
• 1958 – Up Until Now / No Regrets (Columbia Records, 41213)
• 1958 – What More Can I Say / You're the One Who Knows (Columbia Records, 41280)
• 1959 – One Man's Love Song Is Another Man's Blues / When's Your Birthday, Baby (Columbia Records, 41327)
• 1959 - Call Me Yours / Here and Now (Columbia Records, 41372)
• 1959 – I'll Never Fall in Love Again / You're All That I Live For (Columbia Records, 41438)
• 1959 – When It's Springtime in the Rockies / An Ordinary Couple (Columbia Records, 41528)
• 1959 – I'll Make You Mine / Before You (Columbia Records, 41626)
• 1960 – Don't Leave Me Now / Tell Me (Columbia Records, 41705)
• 1961 – I Believe / A Mother's Love (Liberty Records, 55400) con Timi Yuro
• 1961 – How Many Nights, How Many Days / I'll Bring Along My Banjo (United Artists Records, 341)
• 1962 – A Lover's Question / Nothing Goes Up Without Coming Down (Liberty Records, 55404)
• 1962 – Cry / Scotch and Soda (Liberty Records, 55431)
• 1963 – After My Laughter Came Tears / Lookout Chattanooga (Decca Records, 31459)
• 1963 – Lonely Wine / I Can't Stop Crying for You (Decca Records, 31507)
• 1964 – Can't I / Break My Heartbreak (Decca Records, 31601)
• 1964 – One Life / Sometime Love (Groove Records, 58-0044)

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